Notes respecting the life of Swein Aslief, an Orkney Viking, of the Twelfth Century, illustrating the annals of that period. Collected from the Early Norwegian Sages

Abstract

This article traces the narrative of the life of Swein Aslief, a notable Scandinavian living under the Norse Earls of Orkney. The account concludes with an extract from a primary source that mentions Swein Aslief.